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UW study asks if ethnicity-based microaggressions affect health
Researchers in University of Washington’s Department of Communication are looking for people who are black, Latino or multiracial to participate in a study looking at the impacts of microaggressions on health. Participants must 18 or over, and have experienced a microaggression in the past six months. The hour-long time commitment includes two surveys and a blood sample. “The research attendant will prick your finger to get droplets of blood for testing,” said the online post.
Time to shed the ‘progressive mystique’ and confront racism in Seattle
When I started reading “Whitewashing the South: White Memories of Segregation and Civil Rights,” I really didn’t think it had much to do with Seattle. Sociologist Kristen M. Lavelle interviewed older white southerners who had lived through segregation and civil rights in Greensboro, North Carolina — often cited as the birthplace of the sit-in movement which launched the entire civil rights movement.
Coffee shop classes bringing tenant rights to neighborhoods
Be:Seattle hosts Tenant Rights Bootcamps at coffee shops such as Peleton and community centers around Seattle. Photo courtesy of Be:Seattle A nonprofit dedicated to empowering Seattle’s vulnerable communities is bringing education about tenants’ rights into each neighborhood. Tenants coping with ever-increasing rent in Seattle can find help at the Tenant Rights Bootcamp, a workshop presented by the nonprofit Be:Seattle at coffee shops and community centers the city.
ACLF’s Community Leadership Program helps empower future API leaders
The Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership Foundation (ACLF) was created to help prepare API leaders to find careers in government, give voice to the underserved API community, and fight against poverty. Compared to the general population, the API community has seen a much steeper increase in poverty in recent years.
Rising hate scrapes away Pacific Northwest's so-called progressive image
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of “From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation” and assistant professor of African American studies at Princeton University, was supposed to give an anticipated Town Hall talk on her new book last week. But she was forced to cancel at the last hour due to threats spawned by a Fox News smear campaign.
Asians see decrease in hate crimes, but discrimination hasn't gone away
Kane Wu, 19, a Taiwanese college student at the Bellevue College, says discrimination against Asians is a serious issue. He recalled one incident that escalated quickly. “It was during my freshman year of college when I was walking on the street and on my way home, a guy approached me and chatted with me,” Wu recalled.
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